Drought, hydro lakes, big loot and summer

So before Christmas when Australia was suffering severe water shortages, our media and no doubt many of us couldn't help but feel a tad smug about our water supplies.... now we face our own water shortages, as often happens at this time of year and it is hardly surprising considering the summer we're enjoying - best I've ever had in Auckland, thats for sure.

So currently its all crisi this and crisis that, a tiny power cut here in inner Auckland yesterday morning and possibly more to come - yep the lakes are low... we get it.

Every bloody year

Once again the same organisations and leaders are doing the same thing, similar talkng heads are on the telly talking....

Talk of bailing out the farmers

Talk of this and that

We're good at talking down here it seems

I can't help but wonder if the old inefficient govt organisations such as the Ministry Or Works aren't missed these days - huge employers and back then we had huge public works, we built dams, roads, bridges and a variety of infrastructure projects that we rely on very heavily today.

Maybe having tens of thousands employed by such organisations would be preferrable to having so many answering phones in call centres - are call centres that important?

What are we calling about?

Lack of water and power probably or maybe its just a good way to practice our national hobby of moaning.

In other news great to see the Aussie about to apologise (three times it seems) to their Aboriginal population for some of the horrible treatment they have recieved in the past. As a kiwi I should perhaps say something smug here... but fuck it, bloody good on them, a small but significant step to them dealing with their collective past.

Might get meself a lotto ticket today... won't win but for a small entry price one can dream of a lifestyle that I shall never enjoy for a evening at least.... if I win... I'll splash out on some shorts and maybe a really silly hat I'd never have the guts to wear...

Living on the edge

thats me